7-letter words containing p, u, r, e
- pulture — the right of foresters to claim food, drink, and lodging from the inhabitants of a forest for their own maintenance; provisions claimed in this way
- pumicer — a person who polishes something with pumice
- puncher — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punster — a person who makes puns frequently.
- purcell — Edward Mills [milz] /mɪlz/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1952.
- purfler — someone who purfles
- purlieu — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purline — a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- purpled — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- purpler — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- purpure — the tincture or color purple.
- pursued — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- pursuer — a person or thing that pursues.
- pursues — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- purtier — pretty.
- purview — the range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc.
- putcher — a trap for catching salmon
- putrefy — to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
- puttier — a person who putties, as a glazier.
- puzzler — a person who puzzles.
- quimper — a department in W France. 2714 sq. mi. (7030 sq. km). Capital: Quimper.
- quipper — One who quips; a jester.
- rake up — an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- rapture — ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- rave-up — a party, especially a wild one.
- read up — study, research
- recoupe — the act of keeping back or withholding something which is legally due to someone
- reequip — to furnish or provide with whatever is needed for use or for any undertaking; fit out, as a ship or army: They spent several thousand dollars to equip their boat.
- reerupt — to burst forth: Molten lava erupted from the top of the volcano. Synonyms: vent.
- regroup — to form into a new or restructured group or grouping.
- repique — the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- replumb — to replace the plumbing of (a house, building, etc)
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- repunit — any positive integer that consists entirely of the digit 1 repeated, for example, 11, 111, 1111
- reputed — reported or supposed to be such: the reputed author of a book.
- restump — to provide (a building) with new stumps
- ride up — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- rise up — move upwards
- rumpled — Rumpled means creased or untidy.
- ruptime — Unix Berkeley networking command to report the status of all hosts on the net. See also rwho. See ruptime(1N).
- rupture — the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
- scauper — a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- screwup — a mistake or blunder: The package was delayed through an addressing screwup.
- scruple — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scupper — Nautical. a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges. Compare freeing port.
- seropus — a liquid consisting of mingled serum and pus
- serpula — a member of a genus of marine annelid or tubeworm belonging to the Serpulid family, characterized by the serpentine calcareous tube it produces and inhabits
- slurper — a person who slurps his or her food or drink
- splurge — to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one: They splurged on a trip to Europe.